I frequently get asked why we use a Ruby stack over other “newer & better” stacks. I've heard suggestions to “upgrade” our stack but I’ve stood...
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Obligatory... This website, DEV, is a Rails app. So is community.codenewbie.org and anything running on Forem. 🌱😅
The punishment for forgetting Forem shall be
🙈 List has been updated! Obligatory indeed!
Gitlab + Stripe
Did not know that about Stripe! Found this article on it which is super insightful on their decision: quora.com/Why-did-Stripe-choose-to...
I see ruby, I upvote.
A lot of japanese companies. They like to use Rails and derivatives of rails because students are taught it in university. Not a matter of preference, it's jsut the default there.
That sounds great! I wish my university had thought Ruby and Rails - they taught us Java (which is good to learn as a beginner with strict compiling rules I guess 🤷♀️) for getting "good jobs"...
Nice list.
+Basecamp
UK Government backend stack is usually ruby/rails. One of the main reasons was ease/speed of development which makes a lot of sense given public funds. Another is that they picked this stack a little while ago.. so it's hard to move onto different stacks without causing whoever needs to support it in future a bit of heartache since most are ruby engineers..!
Wow, didn't know that. Thank you.
Suggestion to add Blinkist :)
Yeah we get that too. You are still using Rails? Maybe we rephrase it as "Yes, we are still focusing on customer problems and delivering value fast."
Would love to see G2.com on that list of companies some day :)
Please collaborate with other framework fans to produce a matrix. Dev website can be the TIOBE for web platforms.
What I look for is like this
5 mil reg users
Web stack used
Websites in this category
10 mil reg users, 15 mil, 20 mil ....
This will give lot of food for thought to everyone in our business.
If you are a Linux dev or just someone who loves the illustrious appeal of languages, Ruby delivers harder than any language I've ever seen.
StreetEasy
You got most of the big ones but to be fair a few on the list deprecated Ruby and treat it as legacy: Twitch, Hulu, Soundcloud.
But there are some newer names - Intercom, Monday.com, Scout APM, New Relic, Discourse (it powers ElixirForum funnily enough) and there's a bunch of European/ Non U.S that I'm not sure how well known they are for Americans - Deliveroo, Cookpad, WeTransfer, AppSignal, , Cloudinary, Babbel, Catawiki, Honeybook. For those company sizes (lets say 500M-2B companis) there are probably hundreds.
And don't forget open source. Ruby still has major projects that won't go anywhere; Homebrew, Chef, Jekyll and many more ... here's a partial list netguru.com/blog/most-loved-ruby-o...
What if I want something other than social proof?